- Pearl lies to her mom about her work, claiming she has more shifts at Subway than she really does so she can sneak off to see Amiel more.
- She learns that Amiel is from San Ignacio and his mom is dead, but his dad is in the U.S.
- Amiel tells her that "a guy" taught him how to juggle and speak English.
- He's not a man of many words, so Pearl has to fill in the blanks a lot of time.
- When she asks about the accident that hurt his throat, he tells her that it's too long.